US & Canada

Edward Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about America’s surveillance programs, has received a Russian passport after swearing an oath of allegiance to the country. According to Press TV, Snowden, 39, was granted Russian citizenship in an order signed by President Vladimir Putin in September. …

US President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a rare intervention by Congress forcing freight rail unions to accept a salary deal, avoiding a possibly devastating strike — but putting the pro-union Democrat in an awkward political position. Biden signed the law in a brief White House ceremony only a …

The United Nations General Assembly has voted in a favor of a pro-Palestinian resolution to commemorate the Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, which marks the Israeli regime’s claiming existence in 1948. According to Press TV, the Assembly adopted the resolution on Wednesday, with 90 votes in favor, 30 negative votes, and 47 abstentions. …

The United States is considering enormously expanding a program to train Ukrainian troops, including by instructing as many as 2,500 soldiers at a base in Germany per month, a report says. In an exclusive report, citing multiple unnamed US officials, CNN said on Wednesday that the administration of US President Joe Biden …

Hakeem Jeffries was unanimously elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party’s top leader in the U.S. House of Representatives beginning in January, making him the first Black American to hold such a high-ranking position in Congress. The vote by Jeffries’ fellow Democrats also marked the rise of a younger …

French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized US industrial subsidies, saying the “super aggressive” measure could “split the West.” Macron used a state visit to Washington on Wednesday to press concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Joe Biden in August, saying that such help for US firms …

At least nine US Navy sailors have been injured as a fire broke out aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. According to Press TV, the US Navy confirmed Wednesday the fire started Tuesday morning on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier. . The US Navy said the crew was able …

The rate of gun deaths in the US last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, with female fatalities growing faster than that of men, a new study has revealed. According to Press TV, the results of a newly-conducted research published by JAMA Network Open showed on Tuesday …

As Arizona counties face a Monday deadline to certify their midterm election results, Republican candidates and activists promoting false theories of voter fraud are refusing to back down. State Senator-elect Jake Hoffman, head of Arizona’s Freedom Caucus, a group of largely pro-Trump Republican state lawmakers, told Reuters he will lead …

The US government is mulling over a proposal to send Ukraine small and cheap precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing the country to strike up to 94 miles behind Russian lines. According to Reuters, Boeing’s proposed system called the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) combines small, inexpensive precision …

An eruption began in the summit caldera of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Service’s (USGS) volcanic activity service said. “At this time, lava flows are contained within the summit area and are not threatening downslope communities,” the notification said. However, the …

Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has accused former US President Donald Trump of empowering extremism after he dinned with white supremacist Nick Fuentes his in Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida. “I don’t think it’s a good idea for a leader who’s setting an example for the country or the party to …

US President Joe Biden and other prominent Democrats have renewed calls for a ban on assault weapons amid an alarming rise in incidents of gun violence across the country. According to Press TV, after shootings in Virginia and Colorado in the last two weeks, questions have been raised about the funding of law enforcement …

There have been a total of 609 mass shootings in 2022 in the United States so far, putting the country on pace to reach around 675 by the end of the year, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. Last year saw a shocking 690 mass shootings across the United …

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and now Twitter, has seen his wealth plunge almost $100 billion this year, the steepest drop ever reported on Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The 51-year-old’s net worth — which peaked at $340 billion in November last year — took a nosedive on Tuesday to …

A bipartisan group of 16 US senators has asked the President Joe Biden administration to consider giving Ukraine advanced drones to fight Russian forces. In a Tuesday letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the signatories, including members on the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged the secretary to supply Ukraine with …

A new ballot shows voters and Republican operatives alike have labeled former US President Donald Trump the biggest loser of the midterm elections. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll reported exclusively by The Hill on Monday, 20 percent of voters said Trump was the clear loser after the Nov. 8 election, while …

The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has reiterated his pledge to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar (Minn.) over her condemnation of Israeli war crimes, if he becomes speaker of the House. According to Press TV, he said that Omar wouldn’t be allowed to serve on the House Foreign Affairs …

US Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has denounced Elon Musk for reinstating former President Donald Trump’s suspended Twitter account, calling it a “terrible mistake.” “As we showed in the January 6th hearings, the president used that platform to incite that attack on the Capitol, his comments about the vice president, his …

Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan says former President Donald Trump would probably lose if he is the Republican Party’s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. “I think we probably lose the White House with Trump,” Ryan, a Republican, told ABC News on Sunday. “And if there’s someone not named …